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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED MAB..10, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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WILLIA EARBAH, on GATEWAY, MONTANA.

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Spedification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1912.

Application flleii March 10, 1911. Serial No. 613,555.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM FARRAH, a

.citizen .of the United States, residing at Gateway, county of Flathead, and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to signs, that is, to

large display. signs for advertising purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a sign consisting of a number of letters seconsists generally in a pair of standards or claim.

supports between which is suspended a cable, a second cable arranged below and parallel with the first cable, the second cable being endless and mounted upon pulleys fixed to the supports, a plurality of letters each provided with means on its back near the upper end for slidably attaching the sameto the first or fixed-cable and means near the bottom for clamping the same to one run of the endless cable.

My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangement of parts all as will be'fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device illustrating my invention in its preferred form,

Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating the manner of connecting the cables to the standards and also the manner of connecting the letters to the cables, Fig. 3 is a section on the line wm of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an edge view of one of the letters illustrating the means for securing the same to the cables, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view illustrating a modified form ofthe device for clamping theletter to the endless cable.

Referring now to the drawings 1 and 2 indicate a pair of standards or supports which may be secured in position in an sultable' ,manner. I have illustrated the standards fixed in the ground but it is ob-' vious that they may be supported upon a building or any other place without departing from the scope of my invention. As

illustrated in the drawing the standards are provided with anchor plates 3 fixed in cement foundations 4. The standards are preferably of galvanized iron and are provided with wire stays 5 which extend from a flanged collar 6 on the standards near their upper end to eyes 7 anchoredin the foundation 4 or other suitable position adjacent the base of the standard.

7 indicates a peripheral flange on the collar 6 which is perforated to receive the upper ends of the wires 5.

Extending between, the standards 1 and 2 I is a fixed cable 8 and an endless cable 9 mounted parallel therewith on pulleys 10.

The ends of the cable 8 are secured to eyes 11 having stems 12 threaded into turn buckles 13, the turn buckles being swiveled to studs 14 on collars 15 secured to the standards. Thepulleys 10 are mounted in yokes 16 having stems 17 threaded into turn buckles 18, the opposite ends of the turn buckles 18 being swiveled upon studs 19 on collars 20 fixed to the standards below the collars 15. By buckles 13 and 18 thecables may be kept taut. It is obvious that any number of pairs of cables 8 and 9 may be provided and in the drawings I have illustrated two pair. The standard 2 is provided with a plurality of foot holds 21 arranged alternately upon opposite sides affording means for ascending the standard for access to the cables.

22 indicates the letters which are supported by the cables. These arepreferably made of three ply wood to prevent warping in the weather and are protected by any suitablepaint or similar material. If de sired the faces of the letters may be painted with phosphorescent paint in order that the sign may be luminous at night. 7 The back of each letter is provided with means for mounting the same on the cables. These comprise'spring members 23 and 24 secured to the letters adjacent the top and bottom thereof. The member 23 is formed ofa strip of metal bent uponv itself to fo'rn'ifa providing the turn,

loop or eye 25 and a spring tongue 26. The

ter to slide freely on the cable 8. The member 24-consists of a spring tongue adapted to clamp one of the runs or laps of the cable 9 so that by moving the cable the letter will be moved therewith.

As shown in Fig. 4 the member 24 comprises a spring tongue adapted to clamp the cable against the letter, the end of the tongue being turned outwardly as at 25 to facilitate inserting the cable under the tongue. In Fig. 5 I have illustrated amodilied form of the member 24, the same being formed of a strip of metal doubled urron itself to form spring jaws 26 and 27, the former being off-set as at 28 and the latter flared outwardly as at 29 to facilitate inserting the able between them. To place the letters,

the operator hooks the member of the first letter over the cable 8 and inserts one lap of the cable 9 under the spring 24. He then moves the cable 9 to move the letter away from the standard and places the next letter in position in like manner, and repeatsthe letters are in posidescribed, a pair of standards, a fixed cable extending from one standard to the, other, pulleys on said standards below said fixed cable, an endless cable inounted on said pulleys, a plurality .of letters, means for detachably and slidably mounting said letters on the first said cable and means for detachably clamping the letters to the endless cable, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the pr esence of two subscribing witnesses.

WI LIAM FARRAH.

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' FRED'GARDNER, Ross EMERSON. 

